“I have been passionate about rain forest conservation in Costa Rica for 31 years. I own and protect a 1,000 acre natural primary and secondary parcel in the central west coast set back up in the mountains above Manuel Antonio National Park. My son Bobby has joined me on the same mission. There are only a handful of people living in the area. We do not allow cattle or housing development. We have caretakers, private park rangers, and sometimes volunteers who constantly discourage poachers who try and take or kill our animals, also stopping their attempts to cut down trees on our so called Finca Cerro Nara (Cerro Nara is the name of the mountain). In the year 2000 I built a rustic two floor wood rain forest lodge respecting Costa Rican architectural style high up near the summit of Cerro Nara which is about 800 meters or about 2600 feet above sea level, and it is at least 15 degrees F. cooler than coastal areas. We get around 400 inches annual rain, which we have measured daily since 2007 making this one of the wettest spots in the world. We do have a dry season January – March.” – Bob Buckter
